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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
May. 22, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Goshi Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryota Shibuya, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cartridge includes a photosensitive drum rotatable about an axis of the photosensitive drum and a gear at least a part of which is uncovered to outside of the cartridge and faces an axis of the photosensitive drum, with the gear being positioned at a first side of the cartridge in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum. A lever is movable between a first position and a second position such that an end of the lever is movable toward and away from the gear and the axis of the photosensitive drum. The cartridge also includes a frame supporting the photosensitive drum, the lever, and the development roller, with the frame including a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion at the first side of the cartridge, and the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion projecting away from a second side of the cartridge that is opposite to the first side.